I have been running IFL 2.60 for years in my Linux box - both in the 32bit & 64 bit versions. I upgraded to IFL 3.10 when I got a new PC and2.60 would not recognize my main HDD anymore. I downloaded the 3.10 trial version, burned a CD and checked - sure enough, 3.10 sees the hardware just fine & is faster than 2.60 so I bought it.Installed it, it won't run. Apparently it needs some 32 bit libraries!?! It runs on a bootable CD, but not on a 64 bit HDD?

I have managed to get it to the point it says "error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" when trying to run an installed (bought and paid for) version 3.10........

apparently the packages are at
https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/uplos/32bit/RPMS.updates/

your best bet is to ask in http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php how to
install the 32bit shared libraries. If you can at least get ncurses on
there, you should be close to being able to use the CUI version.

"powhyfo" wrote in message news:14219@public.image...

I have managed to get it to the point it says "error while loading shared
libraries: libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory" when trying to run an installed (bought and paid for) version
3.10........

I was able to get both the IFL CUI and GUI versions running using the Uplos packages (there is no longer a 32-bit version of PCLOS developed). However, some packages were also uninstalled in the process, which could possibly cause issues if you need those.

I installed the packages directly from Synaptic. First, add the new repository. Start Synaptic, click on the Settings menu, then Repositories. Click the New button and type in the URI, Distribution and Section(s) values:URI: http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/Distribution: uplos/32bitSection(s): updates

Next, click OK and then click Reload. Search for "ncurses" and mark the following packages to install: libncursesw5.32bit, ncurses-extraterms.32bit. Then search for "xft2" and mark libxft2.32bit to install. Note that a few more packages will be selected automatically (including ia32-libs) and several will be removed. Click the Apply button to install the marked packages. (Note: If you only need IFL GUI to run you can just select to install the libxft2.32bit package.)